BROTHERS GRIMM & RACKHAM, ARTHUR (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, deckled page edges, illus eps & title page, frontispiece, xi + 251pp, illus/plates- all present, scruffy but worth the effort! (heavy fraying & scuffing to extrems, 21cm crack to rear hinge, moderate chafing to boards, boards v shaky but attached, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, ffep completely missing, light foxing to pgs sporadically throughout, v heavy cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1917

KEYWORDS: brothers Grimm fairy tales Arthur Rackham literature children's modern first edition fantasy

GUNN, KIRSTY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2012

KEYWORDS: scottish literature scotland modern first edition

HULME, KERI

FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE (ERRATA, COVER VARIANT), super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 469pp, VG- (moderate creasing with some chipping to covers, prev. bookseller's adhesive label to rear cover, 15mm closed tears to base of spine, 22mm closed tear to rear cover, light chafing, light foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Spiral 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature modern first edition Keri Hulme

MALIFA, FATA SANO

FIRST EDITION, WARMLY INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 258pp, VG+ (light bruising/scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Vantage Press 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed New Zealand Western Samoa pacific pasifika literature

LENNON, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, duodecimo, illus glossy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 93pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature pop culture John Lennon poems poetry collection prose fiction

RICHARDS, FRANK & CHAPMAN, C. H. (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light staining to base of rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling/smudge to terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, light archival tape repair attempts to spine extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature fiction Billy Bunter

LEWIS, SINCLAIR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, blue/orange lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, 275pp, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light chafing to spine & boards, light discolouration to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Harcourt, Brace and Company 1928

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Sinclair lewis

FINNEY, JACK

FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, orange heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, VG+ (light fading & bruising to edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first UK edition literature collection fantasy short stories Jack Finney

GREENE, GRAHAM

FIRST EDITION, lacks fep. Super octavo, hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mystery thriller

KENEALLY, THOMAS

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Collins 1979

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature confederates historical fiction

TREVOR, WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Bodley Head 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature

ANTHONY, PIERS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, VG+ (light chafing to board edges, spine sl cocked, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm gouge to front cover, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Piers Anthony

STEINBECK, JOHN

FIRST UK EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1951

KEYWORDS: modern first UK edition literature John Steinbeck

CARTER, ANGELA

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE- EX-LIBRARY, octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 214pp, VG- (usual library pockets & markings, spine cocked, moderate scuffing & staining to board edges/extrems, moderate tape residue/staining to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, ex-library adhesive band to base of covers & flaps, moderate tanning to spine, moderate creasing)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first edition Angela Carter literature

CATTON, ELEANOR

FIRST EDITION IN 2ND ISSUE VARIANT D/W MENTIONING BOOKER PRIZE WIN; VUP EDITION PRINTING CONCURRENTLY WITH UK EDITION IN MUCH SMALLER (1000X) PRINT NUMBER, super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 832pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edgeslight fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Eleanor Catton fiction New Zealand

LE QUEUX, WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black decorated cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 318pp + 16pp to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing/chipping to extrems, moderate to heavy cracking to hinges, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to some gutters, light foxing and/or soiling ot some pgs sporadically throughout, heavy creasing to corner pf pg 77)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1913

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature William le Queux

FLEMING, IAN

FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, gilt Chinese characters to front board, patterned eps, 256pp, VG/VG- (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ffep completely missing) in d/w, VG- (all corners clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light creasing to flaps, light pencil markings to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first edition James Bond 007 spy thriller espionage adventure literature

WENDT, ALBERT

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 416pp, VG+ (sl chafing to board edges, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 15mm closed tear to base of front cover with tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane/Penguin 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first UK edition literature New Zealand Albert Wendt

GRASS, GUNTER

LACKS D/W, FIRST EDITION, TEXT IN GERMAN, octavo, beige cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 736pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems/edges, light soiling & discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Hermann Luchterhand Verlag 1959

KEYWORDS: text in German literature modern first edition Gunter Grass The Tin Drum

MALOUF, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature David Malouf fiction